how to make a rap/hip-hop song: 1. listen to classic rock or 70s/80s pop until you find a good enough beat to steal. 2. create an easily memorable and repeatable chorus. 3. make sure the chorus takes up at least 70% of the song. 4. make intro/outro and a verse take up the remaining 30% of the song. 5. get black people to like it, and in 2 to 3 weeks white people will follow suit. 6. retire after having made more money off of 1 sh*tty song than most people will in their entire lifetime.

I don't get why those guys would so blatantly steal from Timbaland. I mean, come on. Artists in the hip-hop community care deeply about their music. Enough to kill for it. And when they put so much hard work into creating their own beats just to be stolen by some no-name kid off the streets, well I think it's just wrong. Timbaland is a victim.

You would be better of if you got rid of the Ebaum comparison. Considering how many sites here are stolen from 4chan, SA, and various forums we have no moral high ground. Sadly thisn't isn't new either. Jet stole Iggy Pop's riff from "Lust for life" and RHCP's "Dani California" is almost an exact copy of Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's last dance" just to name a few.

The difference between ytmnd and ebaum:
YTMND is a site with many different people who post whatever they want,
Ebaumsworld is a site where one man (or maybie 2 or 3 working with him) takes stuff and puts it on his own website. Our whole website can't claim suckness because of a few (hundred) who steal.
Eric Bauman is but one man. This is what seperates us from stealing apes and men.

I thought I was the only one on Earth to notice the Dani Cali and Mary Jane connection, haha. They're the EXACT same f*cking song, and I'm pretty sure RHCP won like.. best album.. and best rock song and sh*t.

Why's the guy not pursuing legal action? Attorneys are expensive, but they're not THAT expensive. Considering the potential millions he'd be due in royalty checks, it'd be more than worth the risk. More than likely it wouldn't even go to trial, considering the evidence. And I'll bet the label would settle out of court just to avoid the bad press.

"You would be better of if you got rid of the Ebaum comparison. Considering
how many sites here are stolen from 4chan, SA, and various forums we have
no moral high ground."
The difference here is that we are not making any money from it.

He needs to find a lawyer to take the case pro bono. I know patent lawyers have systems set in place where paying legal fees can be put on hold so a corporation can't nickel-and-dime the people suing them. Maybe there's a similar way out here. This post probably doesn't make any sense. Ciao.

Just goes to show you how unoriginal rap artists are,from covering old kids songs,to cool techno beats,they just aren't even trying anymore. I say he gets some solid evidence and blow them out of the water,since that crap appears on MTV so damn much,it would hurt them pretty bad,well it's like I say,you can't spell crap without"rap". I now actually miss when rap was tolerable and relevant and not about sex and drug and getting laid. 5'd for solid work.

There's plenty of good Hip Hop/Rap (And Country for that matter) to be found if you're actually inclined to do some digging yourself. It seems to me that you're basing your hatred on some stupid principle rather than actual insight.

It is Time that YTMND's true nature shall be heard throughout the world, we are the protectors of the weak, and the honest, and the noble. We at YTMND must bring justice to an injustice, we cannot live another day while people out there steal for profit and fame, are you all with us, or against us, lets let the world know NOW !!!!!! 5/5

Meh, happens all the time with rap music. Timbaland happened to get caught because he was lazy and didn't even bother changing the sample. DJ Quik/Dr Dre got caught thiefing a sample a couple years back with that track "Addictive". I hope Timbaland gets the pants sued off him.

youre an idiot, hip-hop is all about sampling, he didn't "steal" it he sampled it. but what youre telling me is you bought the nelly furtado cd and looked through the credits in the booklet looking for the sample clearance and you didnt find it. wow i hope your mom knows how cool you are.

The amazing thing isn't that a rap producer didn't use an original source, because that's just commonplace enough in ALL forms of music dating back to the 1700's. As a jazz musician, I am encouraged to use quotes from other songs in my improvisations. No, the amazing thing, if this is a true story, is that someone like Timbaland is using a Commodore 64 conversion. Which just goes to show you: If you're gonna steal, steal from the best.
And to those saying he'd win in a court of law....well, you're wrong.

You can find the full version of Tempest's song here -> http://www.genietervan.com/hoerr/tempest_acidjazz.mp3
and a little bit of shameless self promotion here --> http://ytmndemocracy.ytmnd.com/ The song is also in full.

Defenders of the Internets UNITE! We share common bonds with our brothers and sisters at SA, 4chan, and elsewhere, but none of us get anything more than a hike in views and ratings for our passing along of unoriginal work. These n*gg*s is ridiing around in Escalades and tappin hos while sippin on Dom Perignon and throwin the rest of the bottle out. That's RL exploitation of other people's work.

this is a fantastical find/evidencial display of...evidence. but im not gonna lie, that nelly furtado thing was catchy. but that doesnt remove any of the shame. Timbaland can go shove a stick up his ass.

It's sh*tty this dumb n*gg*r decided to rip these guys off, but if neither is willing to pursue legal action, then what you are doing is iditotic. The guy doesn't realize how open and shut this case is. His own ignorance is sad, but instead of "spreading the word" moronically, you could start a donation site so that he can acquire adequate legal coverage. Just like how stupid so many people on this site are when ebaums rip them off, they donate money to make idiotic YTMNDs popular instead of hiring a lawyer

Whoever was trying to defend hip-hop/rap with "ever heard of sampling?! lol" is spewing a bunch of bullsh*t. Stealing is stealing, no matter what you call it. Sh*t like this is the reason Hip Hop is dying, which actually used to be a decent genere of music back when they could actually make an orignal song. Timbaland is a talentless prick who happenned to know the right people and pull the right strings. Thats all he is, nothing more. He wont be around in 2 years anyways so why the f*ck should I care.

First off, hip-hop is some of the best music out there. There's nothing wrong with sampling other records for a track, but Timbaland should've been up front about it and give credit where credit's due. Indie rappers and producers generally don't worry about clearing samples, but for a major-label release like Furtado's album, he should've seeked permission. I'm sure that's what the label would've wanted, rather than dealing with a possible lawsuit.

I heard about this already, on YouTube. your text even looks similar. I guess you didn't make money from this so it's okay, but the people who posted it on YouTube didn't make money either. I don't hate you for stealing, but there is a certain irony. as far as Timbaland goes, I like his music but I don't support his stealing of the song. Also, Finland is the ballsack of northern Europe- check a map

It's very concientious of you to raise awareness of this artistic property theft, and well done on the amateur sync.
I love YTMND's concerning such plagerism. I hope we can do our little bit in raising awareness of this talentless hack's musical skullduggery.

Why go for the money? Copyright violations from what I hear carry jail time as well. I'd love to see Timbaland and Smelly get V& after they tell their weeaboo friends on TRL BRB FBI. The MOD community does not forget, and does not forgive.

he might of not stolen but he might of paid under the table for this guy to write a song for him this happens alot in the music industry ,most of the time in the rap community where somone pays somone to write somthing for them but they will get no credit for it that is what might of happen here its called ghost writing look it up but this is still a good ytmnd cuz it exposes timbaland as not creative and should not be getting paid as much as he does for being a "Producer"

BTW, it's not sampling. Not legal sampling, anyway. The "sample" is basically the entire song. Beyond that, even if by some twist of logic it does turn out to be legal, it still isn't ethical. He barely added anything to make it his "original ringtone", and the Nelly Furtado song isn't much better.

Because this'll prolly get a considerable amount of exposure (in addition to that it's already gotten on digg), I'd advise you to do the following things:
1. Capitalize "finnish".
2. Find a picture of Timbaland. The one you have features Magoo prominently, and will confuse people.
3. Make it clear that the story isn't over after Timbaland releases the ringtone.
4. Sync it better.
5. Just polish it all-around.

That's business.
Also, like the Site Creator said, don't say this is wrong just because you're all angry hip-hop haters, say it's wrong because he's stealing. Vanilla Ice stole from David Bowie and Queen, but if someone made a site about that, you wouldn't care. Probably because Vanilla Ice is white, I presume.

This isn't just borrowing - Vanilla Ice, IIRC, paid the bands he got for his samples(to make money.) Timbaland just literally f*cking RIPPED IT OFF and is making bazoodles of money off of it. It's not just immoral - it's f*cking illegal. He copied the guy's song.